Sun visor for automobiles



March 14, 195o Filed Dec. 20, 1946 A. GREENFIELD 2506,40@

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4 claims. (c1. 296-95) This invention pertains to sun visors for automobiles, and more particularly to the type which is adapted to be mounted in operative position relative to the present sloping style of windshield by attachment to the rain gutters.

Various types of windshield visors, and various attaching means therefor, have been proposed heretofore, the previously known devices, however, being objectionable from the standpoint of facility, or sturdiness, or even possibility, of installation asan auxiliary attachment for present-day styles of car.

The objects realized by the present improvements include: the provision of a simplied attaching means for visors of the class described,

especially adapted to the situations where the visor may be installed as an auxiliary attachment to any of a diversity of styles of automobile by persons relatively unskilled in the use of tools; the simpliiication of the attaching means by having certain flange parts formed integrally with the visor panels; the provision of improvements in the construction and assembly of the visor by having the same formed in two sections with meeting anges joined by screws; the provisions of a centerpost attaching means including certain brackets engaged with the aforesaid meeting-flange screws; the provision of bracket plates having concave feet to clamp onto the outside of the gutter; and the provision of certain arcuate congurations in the visor panel flanges permitting adjustability.

With the foregoing and other important ob- `ects in view, which will become apparent from a perusal of the disclosed invention, the latter comprises the means, structures, and functional disclosures set forth in the following specication, claims, and drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a partial front view of an automobile to which the invention has been applied;

Fig. 2 is a side View of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a partial perspective view of the upper part of anv automobile;

Fig. 4 is a partial top plan view of one end of the visor;

Fig. 5 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is detail section on the line 6 3 of Figs. 1 or 2;

Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively plan view and side view of a clamping plate; and

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Figs. 2 or 5.

The visor is adapted to be supported above the windshield I0 of an automobile, and comprises two panels II of rectangular-conguration, each of which is provided at its inner meeting edge with a downwardly bent flange I2.

The meeting flanges I2 are apertured at three places for the passage of bolts I3, whereby the panels are rigidly joined together, concomitantly vwith certain center-post bracket means to be described.

Each panel II, at its outer edge, is formed to have an integral, bracket ilange or arm I4 which is formed with an enlarged gutter-portion I5 having an arcuate edge I5a adapted to extend into the rain gutter I6.

To secure the ange bracket or arm portions I5-I5a in mounted engagement with the rain gutters, there is provided a clamping plate I'I of substantially triangular conguratlon and provided with two apertures I8, one above another. 'At the lower edge of this plate I'I is a cut-away portion I9 providing spaced prongs or feet 20 having concave oiset ends adapted to t snugly against, and partially encompass the outer side of the gutter as shown 1n Fig. 9.

In addition to forming the feet 20, as aforesaid, the cut-away portion I9 permits visual inspection to ascertain whether the panel flange portions I5a are properly positioned in the gutters.

A screw 2I extends through the lower aperture I8y in the plate I1 and an aligned arcuate aperture IBy in the visor arm. I I; and similarly a pivot screw 22 passes through the upper aperture' I8 and an aligned aperture or pivot hole l8r in arm I4, and is provided with a Wingnut 23. The arcuate edge on integral bracket gutter portion I5 is intentionally concentric with the pivot hole for the wing nut 22.

A link 24 apertured at the upper vend is interposed between the head of the lowermost screw I3 and the adjacent panel and extends downwardly to be secured between clamping jaws 25 and 26 which encompass the center rod 21 of the windshield 28 and are secured together by screws 29.

Similarly a link 30 interposed between the washer 3l of the center screw I3 and the adjacent flange. I2 extends downwardly to be secured between clamping jaws 32 and 33 encompassing the center rod of the windshield by screws. 34.

From the foregoing it is obvious that the visor is supported at both ends by the integral bracket arms Il which are clamped to the rain gutter I6 at each side of the automobile and above its door.

downwardly extending atomes In order to adjust the visor the wing nut 28 is loosened as well as the screws 2! and ll and after proper positioning of the visor the aforementioned nuts are tightened.

The support of the visor at both ends and at the center provides for rigidity and obviates any rattling or noise while driving.

While the drawings show one embodiment of the invention, numerous changes may be made.

I. therefore, do not limit myself to the precise details of construction or arrangement ofv parts, as shown, but include all changes. modiflcations and revisions constituting departures within the scope of the invention as dened by the appended claims.

1. An automobile sun visor comprising a panel, a flange rigidly fastened on each end of the panel, each flange having a pivot hole, a portion oi the outer edge of each flange following an arc with the hole as the center, a plate pivotally mounted on each hole, each of said plates extending adjacent the curved edge of its associated ilange,

whereby the curved edge of each flange may be inserted into an associated automobile top drain gutter and the gutters projecting edge may be clamped between the plate and the flange, and means for clamping each plate to its associated ange.

2. An automobile sun visor comprising a panel, a down-turned integral flange on each end of the panel, and each flange having a pivot hole, a gutter portion of the outer edge of each ange following an arc with the hole as the center, a clamp plate pivotally mounted on each pivot hole, each of said plates extending beyond the curved edge of its associated flange and having a foot portion concave with respect to the curved edge, whereby when the curved edge of each flange is inserted into an associated automobile top drain gutter, the concave surface of the ilange will engage the outer surface of the gutters projecting edge, and means for clamping each plate to its associated flange to grip the gutter.

3. An automobile sun visor comprising a panel having an integral, depending flange at opposite sides thereof and each flange having a pivot hole, a portion o! the outer edge oi' each said flange following an arc with the hole as the center, a plate for each said lange pivotally joined thereto by a pivot bolt through each corresponding pivot hole, each of said plates having a generally triangular conilguration with the hole by which it is joined to its associated flange near one apex, a foot at each of the other two apex portions and each foot having a surface concave on the side of the curved edge of its associated flange and spaced radially from the edge by a distance such 4that the thickness oi' metal of an automobile top drain gutter may be readily positioned between the flange and the concave feet of the plate, and means for clamping each plate to its associated flange.

4. .An automobile sun visor comprising an elongated panel, an integral, downturned mounting flange at each end of said panel, each said flange having an arcuate edge portion adapted to be received on the inner side of an automobile top gutter, and clamp means foreach said ange including a clamp member bolted to the corresponding flanges and each having a concave foot portion fitting onto the outside of the gutter to clamp the latter cooperabLv with the corresponding flange.

ALEC GREENFIELD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS a Atkinson Nov. 23, 1943 

